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film

In the 1960s and '70s, Tony Brown helped put Waterloo on
the map as a member of a wildly popular Motown cover
band. IBTC, one of the Cedar Valley's first groups to embrace
both black and white musicians, entertained integrated
crowds across the state.Their job wasn't always easy.

‘The Bounty Hunter’
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star in an action comedy about a
bounty hunter hired to track down
his bail-jumping ex-wife.

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An entertaining crossword puzzle
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features 03.19
‘Goodbye
Saigon’

The Vietnamese American experience is
one of joy, sorrow and hope. “Exit Saigon,
Enter Little Saigon” is the first Vietnamese
American historical exhibit from the
Smithsonian to explore the Vietnamese
American experience in America.

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Student art
exhibit

Artwork by Dubuque public and parochial
school students will be showcased from
April 13 to May 9 at the Dubuque
Museum of Art. This year’s exhibition is
in the memory of Deidre Westpfahl, a
former Hempstead student.

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‘My
Sharona’

It was a No. 1 hit for the Knack and a
career-maker for Sharona Alperin.
The hormonally charged single "My
Sharona" struck it big for the Los
Angeles band more than three
decades ago.

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The Pacific
on HBO

Follow the lives of three Marines,
Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale),
Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello) and
John Basilone (Jon Seda) who were
swept into war after the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor.

IOWA CITY — In the 1960s and '70s, Tony Brown
helped put Waterloo on the map as a member of a
wildly popular Motown cover band. IBTC, one of
the Cedar Valley's first groups to embrace both
black and white musicians,
cian entertained integrated
crowds
rowd across the state.
e.
Although kids of alll colors danced to their beats,
IBTC's out-of-town performances often attracted
the wrong kind of attention. Groups of white men,
dissatisfied with the country's first steps towardd
racial equality, sometimes threatened the players,
rs,
necessitating a police esco
But
ut there was no denying the wheels
e of change
were turning, said Brown,
own, now 58. And AfricanAmerican musicians helped
Am
ped pave th
the way.
"For a black person to walk
lk into a Kresge's or a J.C.
Penney's and have people singing The Temptations,
i
or The Impressions, or The Supremes —
that was something," said B own, a f mer
Waterloo resident now living in Iowa City.
Brown was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n' Roll
Hall of Fame along with the other members off IIBTC
in 2008. "It was likee pputting a crown
own on a poor
black person's head."."
In fact, one of the most internationally
onally succe
successful
s
pop musicians of any color to come out of Waterloo
in that
at oor any other era happened to be an
African-A
can-American.
In 1955, 19-year-old James Brown left Waterloo
with $14 in his pocket and a knapsack on his
back, hitchhiking to Los Angeles.
Changing his name to Jimmy Holiday, he returned
22 years later, having penned some of the most
memorable songs in popular music, recorded byy
some of the greatest recording artists of the 1960s
and early '70
Possibly his biggest
st hit was "Put a Little Love
ve in
Your Heart," a near-milllion seller for Jackie
DeShannon in the late 1960s. hee song wa
reprised in a duet
e by "Queen of Soul" Aretha
Franklin and Annie
nie Lennox of the Eurythmics in the
hit soundtrack for Scrooged,"
c
an early 1990s
comedy starring Billl Murray.

His songs were recorded by artists
such
uch as Ray CCharles, Glen Campbell,, th
the Staples Singers, Sam
Cooke, Sonny and Cher,
Dionne Warwick, Andy Williams,
Kenny Rogers, Dottie West and
nd even
Marilyn Monroe.
Some of his other songs include "All I Ever Need
is You," recorded by Sonny and Cher; "Hey Mister"
by Ray Charles; and "God Ble s the Children" by
the Staples Singers.
Holiday, a native of Sallis, Miss., returned here in
1977 after suffering a stroke. He rehabilitated
bilita
himself, performed with the local Red Rooster
Band, recorded an album and did benefit
fit concerts,
including one for radio station KBBG. He died of
heart failure in 1987 at the age of 52.
In recent years, however, the influence
luence of
African-American musicians on Cedar Vallley
residents of a l races has f ded. ew local
performance
nce oppo
opportunities
iti exist for black artists
who specialize in hip-hop,
-hop, R&B and rap. And man
contemporary musicians have struggled to relate
their people's struggles, while instilling hope for
change and celebrating African-American heritage.

White folkss don
don't't understand the
he blues," she tells
the audience.. "They hear it come out, but they don't
know
w ho
how it got there.
here They don't understand
stan that'ss
life's
's way of talking.
g. You don't sing to feeel better.
er. You
sing ‘cause that's a way of understanding
stan
life."
Since the ‘80s, however, music
icians of all races
have shied away from political
ical i sues, a trend
perhaps
erhap feltlt most deeply
e
in the black community.
y.
Allthough
ugh early rap music addressed urban
ban
poverty and drug aaddiction, la
llater
a mainstream
tunes have been blasted forr promoting violence
and belittling women.
"There's a duell rright
ight now be
between those guys that
talk about what's
t's really going on in the streets, and
those that kindd ooff just glor
glorify it," saidd Lamo
Lamont
nt
Muhammad, a Waaterloo hip-hop artiist who
p rforms as The Original Man. On the airwaves,
the latter
er ggroup is winning, he noted. But
ut Muhammad, whho overcame a troubled chil
hildhood to
become
me a tea
teacher at the Dr. Cunningham School
ool
for Excelllence, is hopeful that underground artis
rtists
with positive messages will eventually push their
way to top.
"Because of the condition of the community,
y,
there's a dissatisfaction
s
about the music," the
he
30-year-old
ld said. "People are like: ‘OK, you've told
us your story
ory abo
about being on the street, but let's
move past that.t. Let us know what you did to get
out of that situation.'

"It's putting more pressure on
people who rap," he added."
Just flashing a gang sign
ign isn
isn't going
to cut it."."

music in motion

RACIAL PROGRESS
HAS A SOUNDTRACK

Throughout history, African-Americans have spearheaded nearly
every significant musical innovation in the United States. Slaves sang
spirituals during their workday. After emancipation, blues and gospel
were born. Next came ragtime and jazz. More recently black artists
have focused on R&B, rap and hip-hop.
By MARY STEGMEIR, PULSE Staff Write

"Real artists a few and far between right now —
the kind of people who come up and say
say: ‘Hey, this
is what's going on in our ennvironment,'" said
Charles Means III, a Waterloo produce "You had
that with the Miles Davises, you had that with the
Aretha Franklins, but today the lyrics have changed
a lo
lot. They're talking about what's going on in the
club versus what's happening in the world."
TThroughout
Th
hrr
out hist
history, African-Americans
ica have
ve
ve
spea
pearheade
ded nearly every significant
nt musical
cal
innovation in the United States.
ates. Slaves ng
spirituals
piri
during their workday.. AAfterr emanc
emancipaipation, blues and gospel we b n. Next cam
ragtime
agti and jazz.
z More recently black artists have
focused on R&B, rap and hip-hop.
Many tunes written by African-Americans have
addressed discrimination, but the va
value of the art
oes beyond its appeal f social
ial change, said
Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, an associate professor

f English at the University of Northern Iowa.
"Too understand African-American
an music, you
really have to go back to Africa,
ca, because music in
A ca is life," said the Rwandan scholar. "When
someone dies, people sing and dance. When a
baby is born, people
ple sing an
and dance ... it's reallly
part of the social fabric."."
Those traditions continu
ntinued on U.S. soil, with an
added cavea
caveat. In the face of racial injustice, music
provided African-Americans a safe space "to be
able to survive adversity
ty and improvise where they
didn't have
ave anyt
anything,"," said Mvuyekure,
re, who hosts
"The T lking Drum," a weekly Af ican music
program on KBBG.
Playwright August Wilson explained that phenomenon through the title character in "Ma Rainey's
Black Bottom." The production, which debuted in
1982, follows the woman known as The Mother of
the Blues.

Music producer Means spends his days searching
for artistss lilike Muhammad who entertain while
le
le
informing listeners. He has collaborated with
ith Iowa
"Band of Christians"
hris
members Travis Lloyd and
Dante Marcelllous. The interracial duo uses hip-hop
to inspire at-risk kids across the country. Means is
also in the processs oof developing an arts program
for the city's youth.
h.
"The purpose would not be to make th
these famous
kids overnight, but to allow them to get their
frustrations out the studio inste
instead of on the
streets," said the Waterloo man.
n. "When you givee
people instruments to take everyt
rything that's
at's going
on in their head and make it tangible, you open up
so many more avenues."
BBlack residents in Waterloo face
ce hi
higher unemployment and incarceration rates than their white
counterparts, according reports from the city'
Human Rights Commission.
s
Inn addition,
d
a
disproportionate percenta
centage off poor families of all
races live on the city's eas
east side, a region
ion marked by
deteriorating rental units
ts and high crime rates.
s.
Musicians in the ‘60s and ‘70s succ eded i
spurring their fans - black and whitee - to ta
take
action against similar disparities, aiid local
legend Brown.
The community's next crop of artists needs to do
the same thing, he said.
"When we see human issues become humann
issues instead of poor people's issues, fat people's
le's
issues (or) black peop
people's issues, then we cann
make the world a bettter place again," said Brown,
own,
who continues to promote that philosophy
h
onstage. "Until that happens, we'll keeep finding
fault in racial and economic differences."
ces."
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spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following
his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions, the arrival of her estranged sister and
the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the
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‘Mid-life’

The Crisis Musical — April 16 to May 2, Bell Tower Theater in Dubuque
DUBUQUE - This wacky musical takes a comic look at the "age old" conditions and situations faced
in midlife. From reading glasses and mammograms to weekend warriors and proctology exam,
nothing is sacred. Everyone will relate to this uproarious musical about the "aches and pains" at
middle-age. If you bought some Gingko-Biloba, but can't remember where you put it, then you're
ready for “MID-LIFE”! Tickets are $18 for regular performances and $9 for the Early Bird Special
Performances on April 16 & 17. Bell Tower Theater, 2728 Asbury Rd. Dubuque, (563) 588-3377. For
more information, visit www.belltower.org.

05/14

Jordin Sparks

DUBUQUE

Singer to perform at Diamond Jo Casino

Pop artist Jordin Sparks rose to fame with her hit songs "Tattoo," "No Air," "Battlefield" and more.
Sparks has won an American Music Award and received her first Grammy nomination in 2008.
Tickets for her 8 p.m. Friday, May 14, performace are on sale Saturday, March 20 at 10 am. Tickets
available at the Diamond Club. Must be 21 or older. Mississippi Moon Bar at the Diamond Jo Casino
in Dubuque. Purchase tickets at www. dubuquetickets.diamondjo.com.

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04/10

APRIL

FOOLS ON WHEELS

‘Exit Saigon’

Grout Museum exhibit to showcase Vietnamese America
Courtesy photo

LAPORTE CITY . BRANDON . APRIL 10. NOON
FROM THE FOOLS OF JOHNSON and WHEELER

Riders are encouraged to wear orange, the traditional April
Fools’ Ride color. The ride will roll rain or shine, and bikers may
choose to ride the Cedar Valley Nature Trail or a low-traffic
highway route. There will be directions along each route.
Lodging is available at the Rockwood motel in La Porte City.
For reservations, call (319) 342-2556. Camping is available
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reserve a room at the Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo — located a
little more than five miles from La Porte — by calling
(800) 843-4753.
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ANNUAL APRIL FOOLS’ BIKE RIDE SET LA PORTE CITY — THE ANNUAL APRIL FOOLS’ RIDE WILL TAKE PLACE
SATURDAY, APRIL 10. THE RIDE STARTS AROUND NOON AND ENDS AT “O’DARK THIRTY,” ORGANIZERS SAID.
The event starts at Two Friends Tap, 210 Main St. Riders will
pedal a 12-mile trek to Brandon, where the Rocket Surgeons
will perform beginning at 2:30 p.m. From there, pedal pushers
will head back to Two Friends Tap in La Porte, where Electric
Mule will perform starting at 7 p.m. There is no cover charge
at either location.

WATERLOO

WATERLOO — “Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon: Vietnamese America since 1975” opens at the
Grout Museum District, 503 south st., on tuesday, march 23. it will remain on view through august
28.The Vietnamese American experience is one of joy, sorrow and hope. “Exit Saigon, Enter Little
Saigon” is the first Vietnamese American historical exhibit from the Smithsonian to explore the
Vietnamese American experience in America. Images covering 30 years of Vietnamese immigration
are displayed in this new traveling exhibit. When the U.S. government opened its gates to thousands
of Vietnamese in 1975, migrants faced the idea of permanent resettlement with a mixture of
survivors’ guilt and overwhelming relief. Vietnamese Americans were not always guaranteed
equality and acceptance, but they did adapt to life in the United States while maintaining their
linguistic, cultural and religious traditions. In America, Vietnamese refugees formed communities
whose shops, restaurants and places of entertainment re-created some of the richness of Vietnamese culture. Divided into six sections, the exhibit steps through the stages of the Vietnamese
transition into America. From living through America’s longest war in Vietnam to making their mark
in American society, Vietnamese Americans have proven themselves as a vibrant and diverse ethnic
group — nearly 1.5 million in number — and an integral part of the American fabric. By showcasing themes of challenges, contributions and change the exhibit emphasizes the resiliency and
diversity of this ethnic community. Grout Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. For more information, visit www.groutmuseumdistrict.org.

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pril 13 to May 9

DUBUQUE — Artwork by Dubuque public and parochial school students will
e showcased from April 13 to May 9 at the Dubuque Museum of Art.
This year’s exhibition is in memory of Deidre Westpfahl, a former Hempstead
student whose work was featured in the 2006 high school exhibition.
Westpfahl was a dedicated art student and museum volunteer who was
warded a scholarship to the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design where
she was pursuing her dream of becoming a museum curator. She died in
2008 at age 20 from a rare bone cancer.
An opening reception for the student art exhibit will take place from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
uesday
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CEDAR FALLS — Casting Crowns will make a stop in Cedar Falls on Tuesday, April 13, as part of
the group’s “Until The Whole World Hears” tour. The concert also will feature Tenth Avenue North
and Caleb Chapman.

With these nominations, Casting Crowns is again recognized for being at the forefront of Christian
music, with top nods for Artist of the Year and Group of the Year, as well as Pop/Contemporary
Song of the Year for “Until the Whole World Hears.”

Tour audiences will hear multiple new songs from the award-winning band's chart-topping new
album, "Until The Whole World Hears." Certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of
America in just four weeks, the album sold 167,000 first-week copies, setting a sales record for
the group as the highest debuting Christian music artist in SoundScan history.

During the tour, fans can expect a fresh and powerful God-centered message from lead singer
and pastor Mark Hall, while the band also revisits its blockbuster catalog of crowd favorites like
“Who Am I,” “Lifesong” and “Praise You in this Storm.”

The reigning five-time Dove Award Group of the Year and top-selling act in Christian music since
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SINSINAWA, WIS. — The Sinsinawa Book & Gift Gallery
will feature artist Roger Dorneden in F.E.N.C.E. Photography from March 30 through May 31. F.E.N.C.E. stands
for Finding, Enjoying Nature’s Creative Energy.
The opening reception for the show will be from 1 to 3
p.m. Sunday, April 18. Dorneden, from Apple River, Ill.,
is a self-taught photographer who won many awards and
looks to his backyard of Jo Daviess County for inspiration.
For more information, contact Michelle Till at (608)
748-4411, ext. 849, or visit www.sinsinawa.org.
Sinsinawa Mound, the Motherhouse for the Sinsinawa
Dominican Sisters, is in southwest Wisconsin on County
Road Z, off Wisconsin Highway 11, about five miles
northeast of Dubuque.

student art
uni presents annual exhibition
CEDAR FALLS — The University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art will present its annual Juried Student Art
Exhibition in the Kamerick Art Building South beginning
Monday, March 22, through Sunday, April 18. The competition showcases outstanding recent works by students
in the UNI Department of Art.
The juror for this year’s competitive exhibition is Fred
Hagstrom, professor of printmaking at Carleton College
in Northfield, Minn. Hagstrom will choose the students’
artwork to be exhibited.
The awards ceremony for the student exhibition will take
place at 7 p.m. Monday, March 22, in the KAB Art Auditorium with an opening reception to follow. Merit and
purchase awards made to students last year amounted
to more than $3,500. Some students’ artwork will be
for sale; however, the UNI Gallery of Art is not equipped
to handle sales transactions so any purchases must be
between the artist and purchaser.
All events are free and open to the public. Gallery hours
are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday. The gallery is at the corner of Hudson Road and
West 27th Street, on the main floor of the Kamerick Art
Building. For more information, call (319) 273-3095 or
visit www.uni.edu/artdept/gallery.
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Mystique Casino announces two new performances
DUBUQUE — New shows have been added to the entertainment line-up in Cabaret at Mystique Casino. Rumours, a
musical tribute to Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks, will
perform at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, April 17. Country music’s
Blackhawk will be performing at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, May
8.

Blackhawk is a musical group of seasoned professionals
with decades of dedication to their music. Led by singer
Henry Paul, the group includes Randy Threet and Jon
Coleman. With a dozen Top 10 hits to their credit and
multiplatinum album sales that exceed 7 million records,
they have carved out their own place in music history. A few
Rumours has a long history of entertaining audiences from of their top hits include “Goodbye Says It All,” “I Sure Can
all over the U.S. and Canada. They are the original, most Smell the Rain,” “Every Once in a While” and “That’s Just
successful and longest-running Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks About Right.”
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DAVENPORT — The River Music Experience has announced the return of Tim Reynolds
and TR3 to the Redstone Room. The group will play a concert at 8 p.m. April 15.
Reynolds has been playing music all of his life and has toured with the Dave Matthews
Band. He spent the last eight years on the road as a solo acoustic guitarist.
The concert will be a mix of new material, updated Reynolds classics and covers of
everything from James Brown to Prince.
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DAVENPORT — Miranda Lambert will bring her Roadside Bars &
Pink Guitars tour to the Quad Cities May 6. She’ll perform, along
with special guest Luke Bryan, at 7:30 p.m. at the Adler Theatre,
136 E. Third St.

word or lyric or point I’ve ever made, because it’s part of who I am.
And there are plenty of artists who wouldn’t do so much of that, if
that’s the kind of music you’re into. But if you’re into honesty, I have
the records for you,” she said in a press release.

Lambert has been enjoying the recent success of her red-hot No. 1
single “White Liar,” and her tour continues to support her third
studio effort, “Revolution,” which dropped last fall. The set topped
Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and landed at No. 8 on the
Billboard 200.

From the playful innocence of “Me and Charlie Talking” to the
explosiveness of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and “Gunpowder and Lead,”
Lambert has been connecting with and entertaining audiences
across the country.

“I mean every word I say in every lyric of every song on this record,
and every record I’ve ever done.” “I would never take back one

Tickets are available at the Adler Theatre Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or online at
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PESKY GHOST
IN A
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AND HE
JUST WON'T
LEAVE
US ALONE.
HIS NAME IS JIMI HENDRIX
AND SINCE HIS DEATH NEARLY 40
YEARS AGO, HE'S GONE FROM ROCK
PARAGON TO BOOMER NOSTALGIA
MASCOT TO VIDEO GAME AVATAR —
AND HE'S SOUNDED PRETTY GREAT
THE ENTIRE TIME.
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that feels both quaint
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VALLEYS OF THE NEPTUNE

A Posthumous Album by Hendrix
By Chris Richards, The Washington Post

WHY DOES THIS STUFF STILL SOUND SO GOOD? HENDRIX CAN NO LONGER
SHOCK US WITH KALEIDOSCOPIC GARB OR ONSTAGE BRAVADO, BUT HIS
MUSIC STILL MANAGES TO VIOLATE OUR EXPECTATIONS WITH A SUBTLETY
THAT FEELS LIKE MAGIC.

And while the iconic guitarist's tie-dyed influence on American music
has refused to fade, we’re marking a new wave of Hendrixophilia: the
release of "Valleys of Neptune," a splendid collection of recordings,
most from his final days with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
It's a warning shot. "Valleys" was released this month, alongside other
remastered original Hendrix albums. Reports say that the late
guitarist's estate is preparing a forthcoming anthology, too. Meantime,
blogs continue to churn with rumors of a Rock Band video game that
will give players the opportunity to channel their idol — a notion that
feels well suited to Hendrix's pioneering sense of techno-spiritualism.
SOUND FAMILIAR? THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ECHOES THE
NEO-BEATLEMANIA OF 2009: REPACKAGE A LEGENDARY ARTIST BY
OFFERING PRODUCTS TO DIFFERENT GENERATIONS AT VARIOUS
PRICE POINTS AND HOPE THE DOLLARS ROLL IN.
"Valleys of Neptune" kicks things off with 12 unreleased Hendrix
recordings, most from 1969. And yes, in the age of file-sharing,
"unreleased" is a relative term, but these versions should sound
familiar only to the savviest of bootleg aficionados.
But with this new release comes plenty of old-fashioned mythologizing. On the album cover, our hero's portrait is superimposed over a
billowing cloud of stardust as if to suggest that this isn't merely an
album, but a transmission from some cosmic afterlife.
That's a tough myth to debunk. The disc's big revelation is its title track,
with guitar chords skipping and skidding across the beat, Hendrix
bellowing about his alien origins, "Mercury liquid and emeralds shining,
showing me where I came from."
Some of Hendrix's best work evoked a limitless galaxy, a theme that's
propelled some of America's most adventurous black musicians —
from Sun Ra to Funkadelic to OutKast. But the man also knew when to
stay Earth-bound, and does just that with another unreleased tune,
"Ships Passing Through the Night." It's a rolling, robust blues, his guitar
swathed in an underwater warble that never blurs his human touch.
"Hear My Train a Comin' " unloads a similar bag of thrills, the guitarist
wailing away while his rhythm section lurches along behind him. And
that's really the draw of these recordings in 2010. They sound like three
dudes playing together in a room.
Except when they aren't. A few of these takes ("Mr. Bad Luck," "Lover
Man," "Crying Blue Rain") were touched up by original Experience
members Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell in 1987. It isn't a travesty,
considering that Hendrix never shied from studio trickery. Having
pushed so many envelopes in the realm of technology and timbre, one
gets the sense that he would have loved Auto-Tune if he were still
making music today.

LOS ANGELES — IT WAS A NO. 1 HIT FOR THE KNACK,
AND A CAREER-MAKER FOR SHARONA ALPERIN.
The hormonally charged single "My Sharona"
struck it big for the Los Angeles band more than
three decades ago. Pictured on the single's cover
was the song's 17-year-old real-life inspiration in a
near-transparent tank top, her left arm holding the
album cover featuring lead singer Doug Fieger's
head shot.
The Knack is long gone, and Fieger died on
Valentine's Day, but Alperin is still working her
connection to the infectiously raunchy rock anthem
as she sells high-end West L.A. real estate to
Hollywood types.
Alperin and Fieger dated for four years, and Alperin
lived the full rock 'n' roll lifestyle, donning sunglasses,
a leather jacket and Levis 501s while touring the
world signing autographs and hanging out with
celebrities. Though Alperin eventually split with
Fieger, the two remained close friends and she spent
some time with him during his final days, she said.
"There are so many people who come on the

planet who want to be a rock 'n' roll star, and how
many make it? You know, how many get their dream
realized?" Alperin said. "And the fact that he gets to
have written an iconic song, I am so happy for him."
To say that the song has marked Alperin's life is an
understatement. Knack fans still mail her copies of
the "My Sharona" single for her to autograph. The
name prompts strangers to break into laughter or
song. But in the world of luxury real estate, the
cachet of having a hit song written for her has
served as a unique marketing edge in a city filled
with thousands of agents.
"You need to have a niche, and anything like that
that will help people remember you is certainly an
asset; she actually has that intro music on her Web
site," said Marc Giroux, a Realtor with Keller Williams
Realty who has worked with Alperin.
But "that has not made her business. She is
professional and works hard and knows what she is
doing," he said. "It is an extra type of branding that
very few if anyone has. It makes her very unique."
Alperin met Fieger through a mutual friend when

she was still a student at Fairfax High School. She
initially resisted his overtures, but he ultimately
convinced her to break up with a steady boyfriend
and join the Knack on a national tour.
"It was a magical time," she said. "Sometimes
sleeping in the day, I was going on tour, I was going
to sound checks every day, at radio stations I was
signing autographs, people recognized me from the
single cover so almost every show that I went to
someone had brought a single for me to sign."
They had met at a crucial juncture in Fieger's life.
He had just formed the band and was rehearsing in
a modest warehouse. As Alperin tells it, he was
immediately taken by her and co-wrote and sang
the song, which hit No. 1 for six weeks during the
summer of 1979.
The band added the term "power pop" to the
musical lexicon and tried to market itself as another
coming of the Beatles. While the Knack made the
charts a few more times, "My Sharona" was its most
enduring track and experienced a brief revival in
1994 when it was featured in the film "Reality Bites."
"This was one of the tunes that almost kind of had
a punk-pop crossover appeal, but I think getting
straight to the lyric with a name as specific as 'My
Sharona,' that is an intriguing concept for a lyric
because immediately you wonder who this person
is," said Christopher Sampson, associate dean of
the popular music program at USC's Thornton
School of Music. "From a sonic perspective, the two
words together, “my Sharona,” it is very, very
singable. It just has this wonderful auditory sound
to it and so it just makes for a good hook."
The relationship between the two wouldn't last,
though, as Fieger's feelings proved to be too
intense, she said.
"In the English language there is really a not more
possessive or obsessive word than 'my,'" she said.
"He really did believe I was his alter person, his
soul mate, and it worked for a while but then it was
time for me to be my Sharona, too. It was over by
the time I was 21."
Alperin said she first found an inclination for real
estate while searching for a home for Fieger. After
splitting with him, she took her real estate license
exam and began selling.
Alperin dated a professional in the entertainment
industry and soon began building a Hollywood
clientele. She declined to drop any names, but the
Times' Hot Property column has mentioned clients
including actor Don Johnson and David Litt, cocreator of "The King of Queens" television show.
She currently works for Sotheby's International
Realty, Sunset Boulevard.
Alperin has settled down considerably. She lives in
a spacious home a short walk from the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art with her husband, Jason
Aizenberg, an electrical contractor. They live with
their two children, Adam, 6, and Eden, 10.
Selling real estate has been her way to keep that
early celebrity life alive.
"From the paparazzi-friendly house to the hip,
loft-like condos to the cool spreads ... is like
match-making," Alperin said. "It is such a sensitive
thing that I sell. It's not a diamond ring, it's not a
watch, it's not a car, it is their home. They don't feel
safe anywhere but their home."

They had met at a
crucial juncture in
Fieger's life. He had
just formed the band
and was rehearsing in
a modest warehouse.
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was immediately taken
by her and co-wrote
and sang the song,
which hit No. 1 for six
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WATERLOO — From the first time Chad McKinzie picked up a spray paint can, the graffiti artist
was hooked.
“It was more abstract, it was rugged, it was out there,” he said. “It felt like there were no limits when I
was painting.”
Yet despite the art form’s boundless nature, McKinzie’s passion came with a distinct challenge
— finding places to legally hone his skills. The Waterloo man, now 23, was charged with
criminal mischief in 2006 for tagging businesses in the Cedar Falls downtown area.
Later that year he was arrested in Waterloo, earning a felony charge for defacing
public property.
That experience, which included a stint behind bars, served as a turning point
for McKinzie.
“It’s not cheap and it’s not fun sitting in jail, drawing on envelopes for the
commissary,” said the artist, who started creating graffiti as a teen. “I
stopped painting illegally and started trying to market myself and get
legal jobs.”
In 2007, McKinzie formed Aerosol Dynamix, a business specializing
in graffiti-inspired work. In addition to composing murals, the artist offers airbrushed T-shirts and coats along with hand-painted
hats and shoes. Custom orders are his speciality.
“It’s all about finding a market,” he explained. “Graffiti isn’t
mainstream, but it is a definite style. It’s pop art, it’s urban culture. It’s something that really connects with some people.”
Since turning to the marketplace, McKinzie has seen his work improve. Although he still paints in the rapid-fire style he honed on
the streets, the artist no longer has to worry about being arrested.
“I’m getting bigger and a lot better at my craft now that I’m
getting legal jobs,” he said. “I can sit back and think. I can take
time to make it look how I want to make it look.”
But the old stresses of detection have been replaced with
new worries. The majority of the community doesn’t consider graffiti a legitimate art form, which makes attracting clients difficult, McKinzie said. Attempts to develop a
public painting area in Waterloo have proved unsuccessful.
Yet the tide may slowly be turning. Paco Rosic’s spray-painted recreation of the
Sistine Chapel’s ceiling in Waterloo — unveiled the same year as McKinzie’s arrest
— created an international buzz. And a walk through the local mall reveals shoes
and shirts that sport a splattered paint motif.
“Graffiti has always been like skateboarding’s unsuccessful step-brother or something, but it’s all about marketing,” McKinzie said, who signs his work Dosey. “I’m
slowly finding people who appreciate graffiti art, and I don’t always have to be looking over my shoulder now.”

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SPECIALTY SATURDAY TOURS OFFERED AT BRUCEMORE
CEDAR RAPIDS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The history of the Brucemore Mansion is about more than the people who lived
there. The people who worked there have a story to tell. Visitors
can understand Brucemore from the perspectives of domestic
servants and grounds workers who lived and worked on one
of Iowaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandest estates between 1907 and 1937.
Brucemore offers The View from
Back Stairs, a 90-minute specialty
tour at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays on
April 3, 10, 17, and 24 in the
Brucemore visitor center.

WATERLOO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; From woodcarving and clay sculpting to photography
and digital animation, many forms of art are available at the Waterloo
Center for the Arts. New classes and workshops are being offered this
spring for people of all ages.
CLASSES
The ABCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Art (age 6-8)
Spring Break Camp (grades K-4)
Little & Big Clay Buddies (age 7 & up with an adult)
The Essential Photoshop (age 13 & up)
Life Drawing (age 18 & up)

Admission is $10 per person and $7 per Brucemore member. Space is limited. Call (319) 362-7375
for reservations or register online at www.brucemore.org.

The center also offers Wednesday morning Story & Craft Time for preschoolers and free Early Out Wednesdays for middle and high school
students.

A guide dressed as an early
20th-century servant will lead
guests through the visitor center, the service village and mansion. Photographs and documents from
the Brucemore archives will provide a unique view of the relationship between the Douglases, the
second family to own Brucemore, and the servants, whose efforts supported the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifestyle.

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Register by contacting the Waterloo Center for the Arts at (319) 2914490 or museum@waterloo-ia.org. A full class schedule is available at
www.waterloocenterforthearts.org.

BECKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OPENS NEW LOCATION
RESTAURANT TO FEATURE INDOOR, OUTDOOR DINING
CEDAR FALLS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sports Grill, the newest iteration of the Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
franchise, has opened at 2512 Whitetail Drive, near Thunder Ridge Mall.
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Bar and Grill location next to
Anytime Fitness.
The new location features an outdoor patio that will open later this
spring as well as 20 high-definition
flat-screen TVs.
To coincide with the opening, all
Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s locations will launch a brand
new menu including healthier â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stay Fitâ&#x20AC;? options. The new menu items
are a collaborative effort between certified nutritionist Luann Alemao
and Chris Meyers, the new executive chef for all of the Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s locations.
All Beckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s locations open seven days a week at 11 a.m. For more information, call (319) 266-1122 or visit www.barmuda.com/becks.

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NEWS OF THE

WEIRD
BY CHUCK SHEPHERD

HOLY WARS
Pastor John Renken’s Xtreme Ministries of Memphis, Tenn., is one of a
supposedly growing number of churches that use “mixed martial arts”
events to recruit wayward young men to the Christian gospel. Typically,
after leading his flock in solemn prayer to a loving God, Pastor Renken
adjourns the session to the back room, where a New York Times reporter
found him in February shouting encouragement to his violent parishioners:
“Hard punches!” Renken yelled. “Finish the fight! To the head! To the head!”
One participant told the Times that fight nights bring a greater masculinity
to religion, which he said had, in recent years, gone soft.

CEDAR FALLS — Coming off the most successful year
in the franchise's history and with 62 box office
records and more than 2 million fans, the iconic
Harlem Globetrotters will showcase their 2010 Magical
Memories World Tour at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March
31, at the University of Northern Iowa McLeod Center.
The Globetrotters' show features "Big Easy" Lofton and
"Flight Time" Lang, who recently starred in the Emmy
Award-winning CBS reality hit "The Amazing Race";
"Special K" Daley; Scooter Christensen; Handles
Franklin; and Ant Atkinson. Sports Illustrated praise d
the show as "the sports equivalent of comfort food" in
its March 2009 edition.
Tickets start at $19 and are available online at
www.unitix.uni.edu or by calling (319) 273-4849. For
individual and group ticket information, visit
www.harlemglobetrotters.com.

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION
At age 8, Mike Hicks is a frequent air traveler with his mother, and while
she is seldom noticed by airport screeners, “Mikey” almost always is
because he shares a name with someone on the enhanced-security list
that is one level below “no fly” (one of 1,600 such Michael Hickses in the
U.S.). His mom told The New York Times in January that Mikey has been
patted down by security since he was 2.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Ten days after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab nearly brought down the
Christmas Day airliner over Detroit, the State Department officially
revoked his visa. Eight days after the Christmas Eve demolition of
Minneapolis’ historic Fjelde House (as a fire hazard), the Minneapolis
Heritage Preservation Commission awarded the site “interim protection”
for its historic value.
INEXPLICABLE
In February, aspirants for taxicab licenses in Portsmouth, England, were
officially informed by the City Council that application forms are available
in other languages or in “audio,” “large print” or “Braille.”
BREAD OF LIFE
Just after Christmas, the Anglican Church of St. Peter in Great Limber,
England, unveiled artist Adam Sheldon’s 6-foot-high representation of the
crucifixion consisting of 153 pieces of toast. Sheldon browned the bread
himself, then painstakingly either scraped (to lighten) or torched (to
darken) each piece to fashion the tableau.

Actor Jon Seda in the 10-part TV series "The Pacific" Sundays on HBO. Photo by David James/HBO.

NEW RELEASES

THE PACIFIC

HOTTEST FILMS

Produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, "The Pacific" is the Asia-focused
complement to "Band of Brothers," their 2001 series about the European theater in World War II.

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SUNDAYS ON HBO.

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You know you're watching an intense war film when being machine-gunned is an act of mercy.
That's the predicament for many Japanese soldiers in "The Pacific," a 10-part World War II
miniseries on HBO, Sundays at 8 p.m. By Dave Shiflett, Bloomberg News

etter a bullet than to roast to death, which is
the alternative after U.S. troops wielding
flamethrowers turn the enemy into screaming
human torches.
We follow the lives of three Marines — Robert
Leckie (James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge
(Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (Jon Seda) — who were
swept into war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The main characters are all real people, and the series is
based on memoirs written by Leckie and Sludge, along with
interviews conducted by the filmmakers.
Everyone seems to smoke, including Sledge's father, a
doctor who chomps on a pipe as he monitors the heart
murmur that stalled his son's entry into the Marines until
1942, by which time the ailment had disappeared.
These were pre-hug times, with fathers and sons parting

ways with handshakes, and there's no question where the
Almighty stands. One officer ends a pep talk by proclaiming
the Americans will "sail across God's vast ocean where we
will meet our enemy and kill them all."
You don't have to wait long for combat. While the Marine
landing at Guadalcanal was unopposed, the Japanese were
waiting in the jungles for the sun to go down. Though
night-vision equipment wasn't routine back then, flares,
tracer bullets and muzzle fire illuminate a ferocious slaughter. The sun rises on a vast plain of bodies — proof the
Japanese believed dying in combat was a sacred honor.
Comparisons to "Band of Brothers" are inevitable. "The
Pacific" is more gripping, perhaps because much of the
combat is set in the jungle, where there seems to be a
sniper behind every palm tree, and because the degree of
slaughter is astounding. The body count makes a Schwar-

zenegger film look like a gathering of Quakers. In one scene,
piles of Japanese corpses have to be pulled down to provide
a clear field of fire.
The series, filmed mostly in Australia, also details other
horrors of war: bowel disorders, running sores, low rations
(with a bloody Japanese skull decorating one mess area)
and mental strain, a theme that picks up steam as the
series moves on.
It's not all blood and guts. After being evacuated to
Melbourne, Leckie hooks up with a comely Australian woman
(Claire van der Boom). Basilone, after winning the Medal of
Honor, returns home and has a brief romance with a gal he
meets at a military base before returning to the battlefront.
Basilone's reception at one bond rally illustrates the jarring
disconnect between a soldier's grim experiences and the
gung-ho attitude of the folks back home.